Three-dimensional spheroids as in vitro preclinical models for cancer research

B Pinto, AC Henriques, PMA Silva, H Bousbaa - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Most cancer biologists still rely on conventional two-dimensional (2D) monolayer culture
techniques to test in vitro anti-tumor drugs prior to in vivo testing. However, the vast majority …

3D cell culture models as recapitulators of the tumor microenvironment for the screening of anti-cancer drugs

MAG Barbosa, CPR Xavier, RF Pereira, V Petrikaitė… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture models have been proposed as
alternatives for initial drug screening to increase drug development efficiency. In addition to …

Intrinsically disordered proteins: an overview

R Trivedi, HA Nagarajaram - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Many proteins and protein segments cannot attain a single stable three-dimensional
structure under physiological conditions; instead, they adopt multiple interconverting …

Promising applications of tumor spheroids and organoids for personalized medicine

Z Gilazieva, A Ponomarev, C Rutland, A Rizvanov… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Presently, the investigation of the tumor is carried out using different
models. One of the promising areas is the creation of 3D tumor models, such as spheroids …

Drug repurposing for viral cancers: A paradigm of machine learning, deep learning, and virtual screening‐based approaches

F Ahmed, IS Kang, KH Kim, A Asif… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer management is major concern of health organizations and viral cancers account for
approximately 15.4% of all known human cancers. Due to large number of patients, efficient …

Evaluation of biological activity of natural compounds: current trends and methods

C Barba-Ostria, SE Carrera-Pacheco… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Natural compounds have diverse structures and are present in different forms of life.
Metabolites such as tannins, anthocyanins, and alkaloids, among others, serve as a defense …

Recent advances in organ‐on‐chips integrated with bioprinting technologies for drug screening

N Tabatabaei Rezaei, H Kumar, H Liu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, the demand for more reliable drug screening devices has made scientists and
researchers develop novel potential approaches to offer an alternative to animal studies …

Tumor-derived systems as novel biomedical tools—turning the enemy into an ally

N Desai, P Katare, V Makwana, S Salave… - Biomaterials …, 2023 - spj.science.org
Cancer is a complex illness that presents significant challenges in its understanding and
treatment. The classic definition," a group of diseases characterized by the uncontrolled …

Mouse tumor models for advanced cancer immunotherapy

DS Chulpanova, KV Kitaeva, CS Rutland… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recent advances in the development of new methods of cancer immunotherapy require the
production of complex cancer animal models that reliably reflect the complexity of the tumor …

3D bioprinted drug-resistant breast cancer spheroids for quantitative in situ evaluation of drug resistance

S Hong, JM Song - Acta biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Drug-resistant cancer spheroids were fabricated by three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting for
the quantitative evaluation of drug resistance of cancer cells, which is a very important issue …